Are working moms stretched too thin?
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| Tue, 06-13-2006 - 2:45pm |
Do you think a mom who works full-time and has kids is stretched too thin?
I was working full-time up till November of 2005. Then I decided that it was all too much. I was exhausted and found that when I did get to spend time with my little guy (he is now 2 1/2) I was very impatient with him because I was soo tired. Also the stress of work often overflowed into my personal life (both with ds and dh).
Now that I have been home for over 6 months, I am finally starting to be more patient and am enjoying my son instead of rushing him along. If he want to take 20 minutes to get into the car - ok, no problem.
So - do you think that trying to juggle work, kids, marriage and all the stresses that come with those things is too much? (I did)
Maybe when my son is older - then I will go back to work and it might be easier because he will be more self-sufficient? Who knows? All I know is that for now, I am enjoying being a SAHM and am glad for the time I get to devote to my son and the lower stress levels (that I believe were very unhealthy for me).
josee

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I would be hurt if I knew she could afford to stay home but chose to work instead.
Some of you have older kids but I really want to stress the importance of staying home with your kids when they are young instead of sending them to daycare. If your kids are in school, that changes things because you can be at work while they are in school and they won't feel the impact of your absence.
I have a hard time taking seriously anyone who nicknames their child after a doughnut."
Oh come on, other opinions aside, I call my kids pumpkins, banannas, potatoe bugs, etc.
Aside from that, you want the focus to be on the kids, right? Well, if, according to you, the kids whose parents MUST work do not suffer any ill-effects from being in childcare, then why would you think that the children whose parents CHOOSE to work would suffer any ill-effects? After all, the experience for the CHILD is the same, regardless of whether or not the parent MUST or CHOOSES to work."
That my friend, is the argument I've never understood. I work as I *choose* to, DH stays home because he *chooses* to. If we both chose to work, why would that be detrimental vs if we *had* to work, or I absolutely had to work as say a single mom?
"My hubby can up and leave at any point."
My children WILL leave me.
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